Majority against nuclear weapons
Trident replacement
- 72% of the British public, in a poll in March 2007, did not support the government's plans to replace Trident - More4/Populus poll.
- 59% of the British public oppose replacing Trident when presented with the cost of £25 billion just to acquire a replacement system. (the equivalent of building around 1,000 new schools at current prices) - ICM poll, July 2006
Supporting abolition of nuclear weapons
Missile Defence
In all three proposed European host countries for US Missile Defence bases - the UK, the Czech Republic and Poland - the majority of public opinion is opposed to the system.
- 54% of British public believed US Missile Defence would make Europe less safe, while only 24% thought otherwise – YouGov poll July 2007
Global opposition
A 2007 global poll , comparing opinion in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, the US and Israel showed that the majority in all countries believe that their government’s goal regarding nuclear weapons should be eliminating or reducing the numbers to low levels worldwide.
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In the UK over 90% of people support eliminating (50.9%) or reducing (39.7%) global nuclear stockpiles. Only 0.9% of Britons say the government's goal should be the development of new nuclear weapons.
- 73.4% of British people believe that nuclear weapons make the world a more dangerous place.
- 85% of British people support a global ban on nuclear weapons.
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